I wish I had the money to budget with, I had been paying the company, Calor gas £72 per month, then recently they hit me with the fact that I still owed them £599, needless to say I was quite shocked as I just don't have that kind of money spare. I am not a (WE) I love on my own, but my utility bills are the same as if there were 2 of us living here. I cook mostly by slow cooker for the freezer, live in one room until the evening, but park home/mobile are not as well insulated as one would expect, and the cost to insulate them further is beyond me. I need the £200 winter fuel payment, it helps me at what is a very lean time, not just me but for a lot of elderly folks out there.

£200 used to be enough, but my heating costs are £100 per month, we have far more than 2 months of cold weather. I have propane gas and have no other choice as I live on a park home site. Park homes are very hard to heat and I am really struggling live on pension credit. Sat here in a hat and blanket, life sucks at times